Deion's Wardrobe Goes Prime Time

SPORTS THIS MORNING

April 28, 1989

Deion Sanders has yet to play in an NFL game, but fans of Atlanta's first-round draft choice are clamoring for an opportunity to step into fashions bearing his nickname - ''Prime Time.''

''We'd like to get it out by July,'' said Steve Zucker, agent for the cornerback from Florida State. ''We're making plans now to get the thing off the ground. Deion is the kind of guy that has that electric personality that allows us to do this type of thing.''

Sanders, the fifth player taken in this week's draft, helped design the line's lightning bolt logo - modeled after his other nickname ''Lightning Man.''

And what would be in this Prime Time wardrobe? Leather jackets, sweatsuits, headbands and almost ''anything we can'' with the logo, said Nancy Mitchell, director of public relations for Zucker's sports management group.